Just a few months late! This year I participated in Me Made May which is now rather big in the sewing community. Its a challenge about wearing items that you have made yourself. A way of improving your relationship with stuff you’ve made and to actually wear it! Its up to you how far you want to go with your challenge. I choose to try and wear something I had made every day for the month of May. The challenge is hosted by Zoe from her fabulous blog sozowhatdoyouknow

Flowery silk blouse. i think this originated as a colette sorbetto!

Pink silk top. Pattern is Wiksten Tank top

Firstly it made me get on with my ironing! I had to think about getting dressed a bit more than usual, jeans were worn less! I feel that I succeeded in my challenge in that I did wear something handmade every day. I actually discovered that I have amassed quite a few me made garments. There was one day when I really wanted to wear a ready to wear a denim dress that I had bought so i did and put on some handmade earrings instead to make me feel like i wasn’t going to fail my challenge. Ive added a few photos of some of my handmade clothes that got posted on instagram. My instagram account!
Having dressed myself for a whole month in hand sewn clothes has encouraged me continue in this effort. Most days now i will wear something hand made and it feels good!

Plantain pattern by Deer and Doe. love this t-shirt

Pattern by deer and doe, my grey spotty Sureau

Bit of sewing occurred in May. First pair of shorts! also wearing loose silk top which I love.

Blue silk polka dot top!

Sureau, Pattern by Deer and Doe in Pink Liberty fabric.
It was sunny in May!

Thought I’d post a squiffy photo of my second Lilou dress from Love at first stitch. I wanted to remember to take a photo before I went out and drank lots of fizzy! When I wear the dress again I’ll try and get another shot.

The fab fabric which is covered in swirling airplanes was a present for my birthday. Luckily there’s some left over that I can use to make something for my son. I get nagged every time he see’s it. 

Dress is based on the Lilou pattern with a circular skirt attached in place of the skirt on the pattern. It took a few attempts to attach the skirt to the bodice but that was mainly because I wanted to shorten the bodice so the waist was a bit higher. 

I love it and can’t wait to wear it again. Maybe out to lunch tomorrow!

Ha ha, I can bake bread. I can’t believe how successful I was and without my bread maker. The bread maker is going to find a new home in the dark basement! 

A diy that just didnt last! I painted my kitchen chairs to try and give them a new lease of life, they looked good for a while but now they have gone to basement heaven! They ended up looking quite scruffy with chips, scuffs and showed up all the dirt from my busy kitchen. a bad kind of shabby chic. Not sure if painted furniture in the kitchen is the way to go!
I have now kind of given up and bought some new cheap chairs to grace my kitchen. Not very exciting but maybe they will last a bit longer and look better for longer!

Like my chicken table cloth?!

Oh my, I am so excited I have to make a cup of tea for everyone straight away! Just out of the kiln!

So, exciting, I’ve just put my kiln on to fire some pots for the first time in 3 years! Hope it works. I will show you the results!

Cripes, I last posted in August. The time is flying. Christmas is coming! Just thought I’d post a pic of my soon to be funky buttons and christmas tree decorations. To the kiln they will go. 

Yee hah, eight of these beauties finally finished. I thought these chairs might have had to be replaced, however a lightbulb moment (not necessarily mine) of making new seats and backs has meant I’ve now got some pretty new chairs again. I love them. A friend who was staying who happened to be a seamstress helped me have the confidence to sort them out. After a bit of measuring and by using the old chair fabric as a template we cut new ones and now I’ve just finished sewing all eight.

It’s difficult here to find a gift so I made one myself instead. A handmade present for a friend. I think she liked it!

My kitchen chairs have had another revamp. Green instead of pink! Not sure if I can resist some polka dots.

I made up my own version of chalk paint this time. I mixed some emulsion to the colour I wanted and then added a tablespoon full of grout (firstly dissolved in a little water) to one cup of paint. I really love the result and the colour. I can’t really notice any difference to the chalk paint i’ve previously used. 

Had a morning to myself, been a while, bit of potting!